It bugs me when people say “the thing is is that” (if you listen for it, you’ll start hearing it… or maybe that’s something that people only do in my area.) (“What the thing is is that…” is fine. But “the thing is is that…” bugs me.)...
I hate it when people call the product of a company the name of the company; like “let’s go get some Taco Bell” instead of “let’s go get some tacos from Taco Bell” or “Let’s go eat at Taco Bell”.
Couldn’t explain it, really; I just want to grab the person and explain that Taco Bell (or whatever) is not an object you can get some of, and Taco Bell doesn’t sell Taco Bells in any amount, they sell tacos! (In the voice you would speak to a toddler in, of course)
I think you can do a bunch with jedi/sith, but you have to use the force for something more interesting than pushing things and jumping pretty high. The extended universe novels had all sorts of cool shit force users could do with it. They should lean in to that kind of stuff.
I completely agree - force users should be few and far between, but if you’re going to put a Jedi Master or Sith Lord onscreen they should be goddamn impressive. It would be something you became creative with while mastering, but all we see them do is hop around and shove stuff.
West of Dead is a really fun game. It’s a cover-based twin-stick shooter, so there’s a top-down view and you crouch behind cover in between shooting bad guys. It’s also a roguelike, so you get random weapons each run and unlock permanent perks with the currency you collect. I’m typically terrible at roguelikes but I fell...
To anyone looking to check this out, it’s built like Curse of the Dead Gods. Ifbyou like that you’ll like this I imagine. I only have a few hours in so far but I’ll definitely burn some time playing this.
A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment — if he puts up $175 million within 10 days....
After self hosting several services for a few users, with SSO, backups, hardware issues etc, I really appreciate how good the IT was in my old company. Everything was connected, smooth, slick and you could tell it was secure. I had very few issues and when I did, they were quickly solved. Doing this all at scale for thousands of...
This is very close to my workplace but we have about 17 domains to work across, with a separate account for each. It’s frustrating sometimes, but in the end I get paid the same either way.
To be clear, what’s going on is that the Governor of Texas is using the National Guard to block US border patrol from accessing the border, and using language that is very similar to that in the articles of secession to justify it.
Don’t order pizza. We ordered pizza from Pizza Hut while we were down there because it was too windy for grilling at our place and it was the worst pizza I’ve ever had.
The speed is real; I can have something downloaded and thrown in jellyfin in the amount of time it takes to brush my teeth. Paying isn’t awesome, but I think my provider+indexer is like $112 USD per year, so it paid for itself as soon as I shut off one streaming service.
What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?
It bugs me when people say “the thing is is that” (if you listen for it, you’ll start hearing it… or maybe that’s something that people only do in my area.) (“What the thing is is that…” is fine. But “the thing is is that…” bugs me.)...
Star Wars should learn from Andor and stop making Disney Plus shows that are so obsessed with the Jedi (www.yahoo.com)
Star Wars Disney Plus shows should move away from Jedi-centric stories and explore other aspects of the Star Wars universe...
There are only 4 serious consolidated Linux Distros: Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, Ubuntu (lemmy.ml)
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What is your favorite fantasy movie from the 80s? (dormi.zone)
[Game] West of Dead - a rogue-like twin-stick shooter with main character voiced by Ron Perlman (lemmy.zip)
West of Dead is a really fun game. It’s a cover-based twin-stick shooter, so there’s a top-down view and you crouch behind cover in between shooting bad guys. It’s also a roguelike, so you get random weapons each run and unlock permanent perks with the currency you collect. I’m typically terrible at roguelikes but I fell...
Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M (apnews.com)
A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment — if he puts up $175 million within 10 days....
What are some non-Marvel characters Iron Man could defeat?
Appreciation / shock at workplace IT systems
After self hosting several services for a few users, with SSO, backups, hardware issues etc, I really appreciate how good the IT was in my old company. Everything was connected, smooth, slick and you could tell it was secure. I had very few issues and when I did, they were quickly solved. Doing this all at scale for thousands of...
Boeing whistleblower who filed a claim alleging the company retaliated against him for repeatedly reporting defects found dead in US after apparent suicide (www.abc.net.au)
A former Boeing worker who warned of production defects — ignored by the company — has been found dead in the US state of South Carolina....
Ribcage Nebula (lemmy.world)
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Texas border dispute breeds loose talk of civil war, resistance on right (wapo.st)
To be clear, what’s going on is that the Governor of Texas is using the National Guard to block US border patrol from accessing the border, and using language that is very similar to that in the articles of secession to justify it.
How times change (lemmy.world)
my chucks (lemmy.world)
Ted Cruz slammed for ‘join me in Cancun’ joke as Texas braces for deep freeze (www.independent.co.uk)
Ted Cruz has been slammed for joking that Texans should “join me in Cancun” as the state braces for a deep freeze....
Tatertots in shambles right now (i.postimg.cc)
New dad here!
Mind sharing any piece of advice that you felt particularly useful? Thank you in advance. I’m so excited!
What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)
Rob is blowing a whistle, over and over....
what are the benefits of the usenet compared to torrenting?
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Are you brave enough to stand for him? (lemmy.world)
Are you brave enough to stand for him? (lemmy.world)